Why Did Vergil Write the Aeneid?
December 24, 2025
Why did Virgil write the Aeneid? Why did he want it destroyed at his death? What do scholars have to say about this? Was it
Why did Virgil write the Aeneid? Why did he want it destroyed at his death? What do scholars have to say about this? Was it
Thalia Pandiri, who taught classics at Smith College for 56 years, died in a fire at her home in Northampton on December 17. She was a former
A friend gave me an article from the Wall Street Journal about a computer program, Aeneas, which is being used to figure out damaged inscriptions
This will be the last “mythological puzzle” that we’ll do in this series of blog posts. Next year, I’ll be offering some thoughts about how
Classics: the study of ancient Greek and Roman literature and the languages they were originally written in, or more broadly, the study of the Ancient
We are excited to announce the 2026 edition of CSI will take place in-person at Boston College High School, July 6-10, 2026. There will stil
Is the list of numbers of kisses in poems 5 and 7 simply a trope, or do they tell us about Catullus’ family and upbringing? Is there magic or just an accountant’s keeping track of things?
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in CANE-land! I hope you’re all doing well. In our series of blog posts on mythological puzzles, I thought I’d add
For years the consensus has been that when the Romans left the economy of Britain took a big hit. New research published in Antiquity and summarized in Science (389:1077,
On Saturday, December 6, Yale University is hosting a program called Hodie et Cras (“Today and Tomorrow”), designed by and for high school students interested in the